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Trying to find tutorial for adding features to an imported STEP file
boneless_chicken
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hi all,
First time posting here, very new to modeling.
I have a step file for a Pelican case. I am trying to model in a faceplate, that is set inside of the case. Like a double bottom. I have imported the file into onshape, and I am able to add a square on the surface where I want the faceplate to sit. Now I need to extend the square, or trim it, such that it is an exact fit inside of the (non retangular) case.
However, my new shape seems to become a part of the existing suitcase.
Can anyone point me towards a tutorial that will help me to add a new shape, to an existing drawing, such that I can constrain that shape within the existing drawing, without it becoming part of that drawing?
I hope I am making sense, I am having a hard time finding anything that remotely looks like what I am trying to do.
Comments
Hey Boneless! You should definitely check out the Direct Editing tutorial in the Learning Center, but specifically I think the "move face" command will really help. You can also do Extrude → New → Up to Part (which will allow you to extrude up to the imported part, but not merge with it.
See examples here for both approaches: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/93b37d6280af4ac2b40f637f/w/2ae827b0b0d3f3ae25a40085/e/2d65e466452ec998207210c0
The key step is making sure you chose "NEW" not "ADD" when creating the first piece of new 3D geometry, that will give you a new part. The Multi-part Part Studio course will help a ton as well: https://learn.onshape.com/learn/course/fundamentals-multi-part-part-studios